People really are good

I checked the Holt blog today (at work which I try really hard to limit). And I had a PM from another family adopting a little boy from Hanoi. They had received a video of their little guy. In the video is another child that he thought was Linh- based on her referral photos I posted. So I sent him my email. I am unable to check home email at work (security and all). As soon as I arrived home, I checked email and would you believe he already sent the video? It is about 1 minute in length and their little boy is the focus (very adorable baby about 1 month older than Linh) and there is another child in the background. Most of the time you just see 2 little legs moving around and the child is playing with a toy. But then the little baby turns around and it is Linh! There is no question about it. All that hair and those eyes!

I am so grateful to this family that sought me out to send me the video clip. We do not "know" each other and have never communicated before today. But they gave John and me a glimpse of baby Linh. It is wonderful to have this snippet of her.

I600 Submitted!

Yes, our I600 paperwork has been submitted to CIS in Vietnam! CIS typically takes about 60 working days to investigate orphan status. This means that the required child documents have been received from the Department of Justice and sent with our CIS paperwork for review.

This happens concurrently with the submission and review of Linh's dossier and the hopeful approval of the Peoples Committee.

Still Waiting

My mother and I went to Ikea today. I love that place! We filled up my Honda with goodies for Linh- a chair, rugs. and light fixture for her room, essentials like bibs, potty, step stool. Grammie of course picked up some soft toys for her. She couldn't resist. I came home and John arrived with a nearly new dresser from one of his Navy friends. It is perfect. We had planned on refurbishing the one I used growing up - but now we will have one less project. I will put new knobs on it to match the color in her room. We will try to paint her room the weekend after Labor Day. Then we can start loading the room up - I'm looking forward to that! It is going to be so fun putting it all together. It has been fun planning too!

Other than planning and shoppping- we are waiting for an email from Holt with some news. Hopefully we will hear something soon.